Sash-holder



(No Model.)

A. HAENIGHEN. SASH HOLDER.

No. 600,987. Patented Mar. 22, 1898.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFIcE.

ADOLPH HAENIOHEN, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

.SASH-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,987, dated March22, 1898.

A li ti fil d November 1, 1897. Serial No. 656,991. (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH HAENIOHEN, a citizen of the United States,residing in Paterson, county of Passaic, and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash Locks andFasteners;

v and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same; reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide a combined sash lockand fastener of simple, strong, and durable construction, reliable inoperation, and easily attached to any window-frame.

The invention consists in the combined sashlock and fastener, comprisingtwo fulcrumed inversely arranged cooperating eccentric cams, and in thecombination and arrangement of the various parts thereof, substantiallyas will be hereinafter more fully described, and finally embodied in theclauses of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in each of the several views, Figure 1 isan inside elevation, partly in section, of a portion of a window-frameand of the sashes arranged therein and provided with my improvement, thelatter being shown in non-op erative positionthat is to say, entirelydisengaged from the sash; and Figs. 2, 3, and 4, inside elevations of aportion of the windowframe and of the inner sash and illustrating myimproved locking and fastening device in Various positions, ashereinafter described.

In said drawings, A represents a windowframe, and B the lower or innersash, arranged in said frame in the usual and well-known manner. On theframeA and near the meeting-rail of said lower sash is fulcrumed, on ascrew or pin the curved eccentrically-arranged cam a, provided with adownwardlyextending projection a and adapted with its upper eccentricportion a to engage and bear against the sash in a manner illustrated inFigs. 2 and 3. The sash can be raised to any desired position withoutbeing hindered by the said eocentrically-arranged cam a; but the momentthe sash is released and tends to descend by its own weight (or by beingpulled downward) said cam with its eccentric portion it engages andbinds against the said sash and holds the same firmly in the desiredposition. Below said cam a, and fulcrumed on a screw or pin b (which pinis closer to the sash than the pin or screw a is arranged an eccentriccam I), provided with an upwardlyextending projection having arrangedtherein a recess or socket 5 adapted to be engaged by thedownwardly-extending projection a of the earn a, while the curvedportion 6 of the cam 79 is adapted to be thrown into engagement with thesash and, when thus engaging, to prevent said sash from being raised.When the cams a and b are in the position illustrated in Fig. l--that isto say, their respective curved portions a and b are out of engagementwith the sash-the said sash can be raised or lowered at will. If it isdesired to lock the said sash in any position, the cams on and b areoperated by simply pressing against the upwardly-projecting portion ofthe cam 19, (in the direction of the'arrow, Fig. 2,) whereby the curvedportions a and b of said cams are thrown into engagement with the sash.is prevented from being lowered, while the curved portion b. preventsthe sash from being raised, as will be manifest. When it is desired toprevent the lowering of the sash after the same has been raised, the cam12 is thrown out of engagement and the cam a into engagement with thesash, as illustrated in Fig. 3, while the reverse result is obtainedwhen the cam a is thrown out of and the cam Z) thrown into engagementwith said sash, a illustrated in Fig. 4.

Fromthe foregoing it can be seen that by the cooperation of the twoeccentrically-arranged cams a and b a very effective sash fastener andlock is obtained, and thus the necessity of providing the sash at theirmeeting-rails with the ordinary sash-locks is fully avoided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters By the curved portion a, the sash adapted to bepivoted each to the Windowframe in operative contiguity to said sash, toengage each other for cooperation and to be disengaged from each otherfor individual operation, substantially as described.

2. A securing device for a vertically-movable window-sash consisting ofa pair of cams adapted to be pivoted each to the Windowframe inoperative contiguity to said sash, to engage each other for cooperationand to be disengaged from each other for individual

